I love how you included the whole “sex scam” category to this and I cannot agree more! I have fragrances that I love but my wife isn’t too crazy about and ones that UA-camrs bash because they’re too sweet but my wife looooves them. I wear what I wear because I love them but the whole category of drive her crazy and all that is very misleading to younger men looking for their first fragrance. Also couldn’t agree more about how the ones saying this are very average looking guys. I’m no Johnny Depp or Channing Tatum myself but let’s be honest, most UA-camrs or fragcom reviewers whatever you want to say are not all that to say the least. Thank you for touching on that sir
True. My sense is that we can find a lot of scents nice, but not necessarily attractive. Like, is a person attracted to flowers or woods or spices? No right? Then why would one be attracted to a person wearing it? I'm not talking about being attracted because someone smells nice/clean/fresh etc. I'm talking about primal sexual attraction. And I think that can only happen with animalic notes like musk, ambergris and indolic notes like Jasmine, tuberose etc.
I can't stand channels that review niche fragrances and justify a £300-plus price point because it smells good. I have no problem buying something expensive as a treat, but there's a limit, and there's just too much BS involved. Dan, once again, you are speaking the truth.
Thank you for being so honest and for bringing facts about the irrational and unethical marketing strategy of some reviewers. I am sure there is no such thing as a pant dropper perfume and many other scamming terminologies. Gents, please wake up and follow up your taste and instincts of what you like in perfumes. We are all different so are the women out there. Do not fall into the trap of the reviewers. Mainly use them for info if necessary but, maintain your choices at all times.
I think it's important to consider that for designer brands their perfumes are not their main means of income. If a Mercedes fragrance fails they at least have their car sales to fall back on, but if a niche fragrance fails it's a lot more damaging, so I can't be mad at niche houses for charging more. There're also some materials that are really expensive with cheap counterparts that doesn't smell exactly the same, but they get you in the ballpark. So I would argue that there actually is something called niche quality. Just think synthetic oud vs real oud.
Most niche houses don’t even produce their own stuff. They literally go to the big firms to make juice for them and put it in a fancy bottle. Plus the same perfumer making designer frags make niche. So in my mind it’s really only the designers and then a slight step up to luxury brands. The true niche brands are what we typically call indie in my opinion
Designers are rubbish and milking out aswell. Just create a success, keep making flankers non stop on the success. Super cheap to make the perfume, asking ridiculous prices.
I firstly do not have the budget to buy high end niche/designer frags. I watch a couple of frag channels and as much as they push the higher priced frags, I`d happily go with a decent clone at a fraction of the price. Even ebay are ridiculous at hiking up the prices or very popular frags /clones.
Vintage Kouros is the best bird puller out there! I get offers all the time and I've got to keep turning them down, if my wife found out she'll have 3 of my houses and 4 million of my money...we can't have that!
I guess main exception to the luxury niche fragrance higher quality ingredients thing is aged oud oils and real sandalwood from mysore and things like that where the scarcity factor does play a role in price
Many don’t bother to use these real Oud: higher quality scents may not even be crowd pleasing or pleasant. I’ve tested out real Oud scents of $2000 and nope nope, horse shit. So they need to mix with synths. Mind you, if you want honest and better quality Oud or pure wood, go to the Middle East. That being said, you’ll see how the next generation will react to perfumes. Remember how heavy the 80s were, mid 90s and 2000s became so minimalistic. The next generation will hate oud n perhaps choose Ozonic scents or these middle eastern regular houses may gain influence. It’s happening already. The world is changing. These cat piss esoteric niche houses are struggling more than you’d think
Love Seikos. Things aren't as wonderful as they were, say, 10 to 20 years ago, but still many high quality, lower priced options. Enjoying the channel transformation.
Love the new direction....how many top 10's can people bare! Love to hear about great fragrance , how to dress classy and casual when you are over 40 and some nice watches. Also , how to attain these things without having to take a 3rd mortgage
TBH if you've been in fragcom for a year, you've kind of seen it all. Seasons, date night, blind tests etc. The exception if of course MrSmelly and The Fragrance Apprentice.
It is getting very annoying how they are all putting the prices up to ridiculous degrees, I think due to the bump the industry from covid lockdowns and tiktok. I have my favourite niche houses but there are several who, I am not at all convinced, are using any better ingredients than designer. For example Xerjoff Dama Bianca, which sells for $400 AUD for 100ml, smells IDENTICAL to the 90s body spray Impulse Vanilla, which used to cost $5. No one can convince me that Dama Bianca is costly to make. The mark up in perfume is just as absurd as the mark up on designer hand bags. ( i.e $57 Dior bags being sold for $4000)
I like that you said, who are those guys to be so good with the women, the youtubers. Its a true statement. Any one of us could be better, especially if we do our own thing and become who we were really supposed to become instead of copying a youtuber.
On the "s3x scam" topic, it's true, fragrances won't make any woman want you, BUT, here's why I think it's a thing to invest in: if a girl finds you interesting in some way, smelling amazing (in case he likes your fragrance) really helps to make it something more special AND maybe gives her something to comment on and start a conversation.
As a woman I'll let you in on a secret. If a girl likes you enough, she'll love how you smell, no matter what you're wearing. She will always remember that fragrance and associate it with you. It's all about you. The perfume is just a background.
He nailed it, fragance reviewers are hard to find these days, what we have instead are influencers who are pretty much selling you what others are paying them to promote, and you can't really trust the honesty of a person trying to sell you something
The fragrances i make are with the highest quality oils and absolutea on the market. Orris is $534 an oz so if you can imagine, i will not be giving them away. Currently dilute at 20% averaging 3.13 a ml
LOL let me talk about scams but first here is my fragrance at 120 bucks! My wife works in the beauty industry and most fragrances are made for a couple of bucks. So one can say that a no name person selling his fragrance is scamming for 120 bucks. SMH
Designer brands ingredient quality vs price is worse than niche. Contrary to what you said, niche fragrances often do use more rare and expensive naturals than designers.
I take what youtube channels say with a grain of salt... I used to blind buy and then stopped doing that. I always sample now, I wear what I like, and I try to get a few that my wife likes - she's very picky.
They hold up a bottle and only used 2 mils? Try 2 sprays. It's something I've noticed in all these videos. My signature cologne has been discontinued and I've been looking into what's new, what's out there, and primarily what's common so I don't smell like everyone else. My smell is still coming back after having COVID 2.5 years ago so I have to get an idea of what some stuff smells like because I don't smell 100% accurately still. I have a fiancee so I don't really care about attracting other women with my scent. If I get compliments, cool. If I don't, whatever. I'll get laid either way. I know I've always smelled great and I'm just looking for the next go-to bottle for daily wear. I have other bottles that I might use in winter, for formal occasions, or just something that's going to be outside and smell nice in the heat. It is easy to fall into the hype and what-not. But I'm not out here buying every "must have" bottle these influencers are peddling.
Hi Mr. Smelly, firstly - I'm English, I was born in London. As a viewer of your channel and some of the other fragrance channels. Whatever, fragrance - a UA-camr says is nice. I would've thought that all the viewers would use some common sense insofar as trying before they buy a full bottle of juice. I have no idea about this note or that note - I pop down to the stores and give it a try, yes, I have a lot of fun testing out whatever fragrance it is I'm interested in. As I normally stop any ladies walking past and ask what they think of the fragrance on my skin and at times, I'd have a few ladies around me and we'd start talking about fragrances that maybe their husband or boyfriend might like. I normally go by the ladies body language if I ask her, her opinion as not every lady what's some stranger stopping them in Harrods or Selfridges or Harvey Nichols and asking what she thinks of this or that. I'm rather lucky that I was a cat in another life. So I'm mischievous and playful most of the time. And I like having a laugh. I follow a few simple rules, be perlite to everyone and look people in the eyes when you speak to them - decorum costs nothing. Now, if a guy wants to be noticed. It's very simple - he has to keep himself in some kind of shape, wear clean well fitted clothes believe in himself. If a guy was to go out with a group of his female friends. Then he'd be noticed by all the other ladies in the club. Myself - I hang out with a few different groups of ladies and I always get noticed. I hope that doesn't sound like I'm being big headed. Any man can get any lady. But he has to go about it the right way.
Designer brands buy quality ingredients in waaaaay larger quantities which saves a ton of money and allows them to charge less. Inn comparison niche brands work with way less resources and smaller batches ect
Yesss, sir ! Content actually worth consuming. How refreshing! Thank you. Not just another "buy this, link is below" video. I'm developing a tight rotation of fragrances I truly enjoy. I don't need 20+ fragrances that I haven't sprayed in a year+!! That said, I am sure that more boobs=more views.
So, in your view the fragrance price should be related to the price of their ingredients (otherwise it’s a scam). It’s like saying a Picasso is worth nothing because Pablo Picasso used cheap paint. Fragrance is art and culture, so your comments on topic (price of materials) do not make too make sense.
There’s good art that I couldn’t do to save my life and it’s worth the money for YES the paint ,time,effort that was put into it ,and then their are bad artist who do a few lines on a canvas and get paid a load of money for what my child could do 😂😂😂 so YES it does make sense
What about natural ambergris and oud? They are not cheap! Don't know about Creed now that they have been sold, but at one time, they used nothing but natural ambergris.
I just like getting ideas for new fragrances to try. I ignore the panty dropping/girl catching bs. I have some great designer scents, but after wearing Creed, & PDM, I lose excitement in designers. Am I paying too much? Probably, but the ingredients, & quality has a different kick. Or maybe that’s me justifying the 💵 I spent on all my niche scents. 🤷♂️
It’s actually not smelled side by side, but they’re so similar. What’s the scam? They discontinued Profumo edp and then dropped a parfum concentration that smells similar.. who cares 🤣
@@danlightened Absolutely, they offer an amazing quality and extremely well balanced. People complain about longevity, I do agree to a certain degree with that statement. I also think that fragrances in general became louder and more synthetic wheras Chanel stayed classy. I wish Allure Homme Sport would last a bit longer though 😂
This was a really good take on some of the bullshit i see in this space!! Not proud of my past but i was raised amongst pimps and player's in the bay area and i never heard any of them mention a fragrance in regards to it helping them get women!!! I absorbed 10% of their game and the other 90% i disregarded. The 10% i kept are, impeccable hygiene!! White teeth, clean skin, nice haircut, fresh breath, fashionable but not over the top, charisma, stimulating conversation, kindness, and after you have displayed all these traits to a woman and you see that she is interested and clearly in to you!!! Kindly tell her you enjoyed talking with her and bid her a good evening and leave the building. Thats that 10% game i used from some prolific pimps and players!! Fragrance is just a small piece but to get women its going to take much more to get them and retain them.
You're right, apparently my young son has women falling all over him, but he's cute, looks after himself, goes out clean and smart (without obvious brand name clothing) and yes, he gets women asking what fragrance he's wearing. Want to know what he wears? Dior Farenheit edt, Dareej by Rasasi or Midnight Oud by Ard Al Zafaaran (cheap interlude clone). 😂 I can tell you, as a woman, we onky ask for 3 reasons... 1. As a conversation starter 2. Because we now associate it with you and we already decided we like you or 3. We love or hate the smell and want to make sure current or future partners do or don't wear it, but if we never showed interest then a fragrance isn't going to change that.
@@sharfalor4244 Yes ma'am 🙏🏽 and there is absolutely nothing wrong with clone fragrances!!! Some of them smell absolutely amazing. Keep teaching your son about proper hygiene and social skills and moral values and he is going to go far👍🏾 and wow I'm impressed with him wearing Dior fahrenheit 🤯 because I couldn't get my son to see the beauty of that fragrance LoL 🤣 May God bless you and your son and I appreciate your take on this topic 👍🏾
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absolute majority huge channels do 10 lists of frags and every frag is "amazing, great, brings many compliments", next video bunch of the same, even the same frags. Recycling and regurgitating same vids over and over and over. Most definitely not a reviewers
The comment about how these reviewers still have full bottles was spot on. They say its because they have so many fragrances, but I don't believe that. I have around a hundred fragrances and they all have pretty good dents out of them. And I dont have a day time fragrance and a night time fragrance. I spray on my fragrance before work, or on my day off I do it before I go out. But these guys talk about how they have a day fragrance, a night fragrance, and after the shower fragrance, and how they respray the ones that dont last. But yet they hardly have any used out of their bottles? Strange.
@@Alexsignal90 Exactly. And I've never really thought about it until now, but how can they give such a detailed review to something they've barely worn? I mean if there are no dents in the liquid level of their bottles because they own too many to wear these fragrances enough to put dents in them, how can they possibly form an opinion enough to give a detailed review of the fragrance?
I just want to know if Dan got the smart meters? Apparently they aren't so smart and people are being billed ridiculous amounts on incorrect readings and if you cant pay the bill they force you onto pre payment at a higher price. Hmm, maybe thats the point but my responses are similar. I blocked my energy suppliers calls and just ignore the smart meter emails. 😂
My favorite fragrances in the past couple years came from SweDoft and Fath. Especially Le Loden by Fath. I felt like I was smelling fantastic quality, something very original, and worth every penny spent. Mancera & Armani were the biggest disappointments. The magic of Armani Pour Homme (the og) is long gone. Quantity won over quality.
@@voiceofreason62 Obviously you are trolling. Dan made viable recommendations and it was a good video. I do think there needs to be more accountability with Patreon, and I think it should be addressed. I am in no way throwing anyone under the proverbial bus, but I will say that every UA-cam influencer that I have ever supported through Patreon, did not provide what they said that they would for Patreon supporters. I also take into account that these individuals have families and jobs, and so time may not afford them to keep up on these obligations. In that case, they should remove the promises and just state that the money given will be used to grow the channel through fragrances for reviewing and/or equipment upgrading. I think this would be a great live chat opportunity for Dan, and it does not have to be condemning or condensing, but just an honest look at what is really being provided with what is being brought in.
Some great points here. There is a large number of decent reviews here, unfortunately they aren't popular. Most of the niche perfumes are dupes of designer ones. CH good girl the original one is the same as Psychedelic love in the base notes. And many others... Of course they can say that it's your nose or the notes are similar. But it is not only me.
Might you be aware that Jason Stratton is a huge watch conisoire and collector! He always featured looking at one of his watches in all of his films. Believe with all the cell phones that watches are becoming more obsolete and old school, more of the status symbol so to speak.
This review solidifies how I feel about fragrances. I own a lot of top niche fragrances, and Bleu De Chanel Parfum is better than most of them if not all! I am talking about fragrances like Reflection Man, Oud Wood, Hacivat, Grand Soir, Silver Mountain Water, and Aventus. BDC Parfum is my 💓
What I usually find cringe is the way they demonize designer scents in the fragrance community and everyone makes a Sauvage joke and say all sorts. I’m not pinning for Sauvage or Bleu in particular but I find the emphasis too insulting and while working with non fragrance collectors regular buyers, I discovered these people don’t even know these fancy big esoteric niche names or care. You could get more compliments wearing Sauvage than wearing a $500 inner niche scent or Roja Dove. If that’s what you aim for. These designer brands have tested and sampled human opinions and pheromones and know better that you who claim something named “sarcophagus Demachi ” is the best 😅 or these urinal smelling niche perfumes. I could go on and on
Brutally slaying the game! Agreed, it’s noticeable as these influencers get deeper into the game they lose touch of, well, people. I deleted them all after realising the fact that they’re wrong, deluded and out of touch, the fact was none of them had any reason to follow because they all have the personality of a used mop. That and the fact a reviewer with 200 followers can review it just as good or better using an iPhone, don’t fall for it.
I know you're not here to bring down any "content creators" who talk about fragrances but the vast majority literally have no clue about how to properly describe fragrances. Come to think of it, how useful is it to take a credible recommendation about a fragrance without actually smelling it yourself? This is where we are and good editing, a pretty face and other influences, can bring you followers I guess. In the end trust 1 nose only.....YOURS!
I hate when reviewers keep saying everything they review is the best, their favorite, the one they are using the most. They give almost everything huge praise making you run out a blind buy. I have done this, feels like a scam. They are sellers not reviewers.
I don’t claim to watch all the male perfume you tubers out there but I do watch a number, and I don’t find that most of the ones I watch push the “women will be all over you, if you wear this’” line. Some do go on about compliment getters, and some do say which ones their wives or girlfriends seem to prefer, but the only one I’ve seen who really seems to push the sex angle is Jeremy. I agree about your other scam points but don’t see that one quite as you do. By the way, in my (woman’s) opinion the guys whose channels I check out regularly may not be Greek gods in looks but they are pleasant enough. The only one that makes my skin crawl is Jeremy.
Haha Jeremy is so over the top. So as a woman who seems to know her stuff, does any perfume makes you really wanna be 'all over a man?' I've always thought of it as an exaggeration too. Tbh, all I ever care in a perfume is that when I apply it, the occasional whiffs should keep making my day a bit more wondrous, fascinating and dreamy.
have you every bought a genuine perfume from a genuine company to find out they are selling 40ml perfume labled as 50 ml??? amazing! a luxury niche fragrance Frassai!! disgusting!
8:58 dont even answer with your voice. Alot of AI voice copying going on. If you dont know that number, dont answer. Alot of crazy people using A.I. to copy voice and use your information.
You`re not paying for ingredients but the expertise and work the perfumer does while creating it. Perfumery is considered (in my eyes) as art and fragrance just like a painting is not a cost combination of canvas and paint used
"I'm not saying they're lying to you" Then goes into an entire spiel about how he knows they're lying. Back biting is definitely your thing. You're shilling for cynics.
I fully agree with you. A designer like BdC edt is incredible and every bit on par with outrageously priced niche frags. Also, niche/indie houses like Rogue (who use pretty much all naturals) put the lie to the unequivocal "need" for jacked-prices in the name of "natural ingredients". -and the fact that Rogue flips the 🖕 to IFRA is a bonus. Yes, my Jazeel Ghala is frikking expensive, but the naturals in this frag are truly expensive to produce and one bottle will take 20 years to get through. ...but Aventus? Oud Wood? As if.
The best sex one I hear regular from a certain UA-camr is for PDM Layton which goes:- Layton Will get you laid My Man🤔So Will the Detour Noir Clone I bought Just get you upstairs outside😜 As for PDM as a brand my opinion is yes Great Scents but overpriced massively compared to others.another Scent being hammered to death at the moment is S Boy by Draco which by all accounts after checking its price here in the UK seems a bit Extortionate considering how many designer fragrances you could buy for the price of one bottle. Nice Omega by the way and their Patina always tends to go a brown/Red colour so it must be the Lume they use. As for the Scent (that to me anyway) is still the most recognisable and I still love it has to be Polo Green,Just a Scent that I still wear as it was my favourite in my teens. (Late 50’s now🙈)
Scam 1. Tell me you don't understand economy of scale without saying you don't understand economy of scale. I have no idea what has happened to this channel but every video makes it look like it is 5 minutes away from pivoting to a Andrew Tate "lifestyle influencer" channel that will be offering how to be a real man courses for $10 a month.
@@MrSmelly1977 Awwww can't be mad at you, the way dismiss legit criticism of your content without feeling the need to address it... Well I just can't help but blush.
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I love how you included the whole “sex scam” category to this and I cannot agree more! I have fragrances that I love but my wife isn’t too crazy about and ones that UA-camrs bash because they’re too sweet but my wife looooves them. I wear what I wear because I love them but the whole category of drive her crazy and all that is very misleading to younger men looking for their first fragrance. Also couldn’t agree more about how the ones saying this are very average looking guys. I’m no Johnny Depp or Channing Tatum myself but let’s be honest, most UA-camrs or fragcom reviewers whatever you want to say are not all that to say the least. Thank you for touching on that sir
Thank you very much. Great comment.
Uhm, sex sales.
True. My sense is that we can find a lot of scents nice, but not necessarily attractive. Like, is a person attracted to flowers or woods or spices? No right? Then why would one be attracted to a person wearing it? I'm not talking about being attracted because someone smells nice/clean/fresh etc. I'm talking about primal sexual attraction. And I think that can only happen with animalic notes like musk, ambergris and indolic notes like Jasmine, tuberose etc.
I can't stand channels that review niche fragrances and justify a £300-plus price point because it smells good. I have no problem buying something expensive as a treat, but there's a limit, and there's just too much BS involved. Dan, once again, you are speaking the truth.
Completely agree
I only bought middle eastern dupes since 2 months ago. Enough of overpriced so-called niche and expensive fragrances. 😂😅
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Thank you for being so honest and for bringing facts about the irrational and unethical marketing strategy of some reviewers. I am sure there is no such thing as a pant dropper perfume and many other scamming terminologies. Gents, please wake up and follow up your taste and instincts of what you like in perfumes. We are all different so are the women out there. Do not fall into the trap of the reviewers. Mainly use them for info if necessary but, maintain your choices at all times.
Preach it brother keep us safe from them scammers. And keeping it real in the influencer space
I think it's important to consider that for designer brands their perfumes are not their main means of income. If a Mercedes fragrance fails they at least have their car sales to fall back on, but if a niche fragrance fails it's a lot more damaging, so I can't be mad at niche houses for charging more. There're also some materials that are really expensive with cheap counterparts that doesn't smell exactly the same, but they get you in the ballpark. So I would argue that there actually is something called niche quality. Just think synthetic oud vs real oud.
Most niche houses don’t even produce their own stuff. They literally go to the big firms to make juice for them and put it in a fancy bottle. Plus the same perfumer making designer frags make niche. So in my mind it’s really only the designers and then a slight step up to luxury brands. The true niche brands are what we typically call indie in my opinion
Designers are rubbish and milking out aswell. Just create a success, keep making flankers non stop on the success. Super cheap to make the perfume, asking ridiculous prices.
I firstly do not have the budget to buy high end niche/designer frags. I watch a couple of frag channels and as much as they push the higher priced frags, I`d happily go with a decent clone at a fraction of the price. Even ebay are ridiculous at hiking up the prices or very popular frags /clones.
Vintage Kouros is the best bird puller out there! I get offers all the time and I've got to keep turning them down, if my wife found out she'll have 3 of my houses and 4 million of my money...we can't have that!
I guess main exception to the luxury niche fragrance higher quality ingredients thing is aged oud oils and real sandalwood from mysore and things like that where the scarcity factor does play a role in price
Many don’t bother to use these real Oud: higher quality scents may not even be crowd pleasing or pleasant. I’ve tested out real Oud scents of $2000 and nope nope, horse shit. So they need to mix with synths. Mind you, if you want honest and better quality Oud or pure wood, go to the Middle East. That being said, you’ll see how the next generation will react to perfumes. Remember how heavy the 80s were, mid 90s and 2000s became so minimalistic. The next generation will hate oud n perhaps choose Ozonic scents or these middle eastern regular houses may gain influence. It’s happening already. The world is changing. These cat piss esoteric niche houses are struggling more than you’d think
Love Seikos. Things aren't as wonderful as they were, say, 10 to 20 years ago, but still many high quality, lower priced options. Enjoying the channel transformation.
I agree. Thank you very much !
An interesting point, Eric. I dont see new releases to be future masterpieces as it used to be. Too much marketing these days.
Love the new direction....how many top 10's can people bare! Love to hear about great fragrance , how to dress classy and casual when you are over 40 and some nice watches. Also , how to attain these things without having to take a 3rd mortgage
Thank you! I appreciate the feedback.
He makes bank from his onlyfans targeting the feet-niche.
TBH if you've been in fragcom for a year, you've kind of seen it all. Seasons, date night, blind tests etc. The exception if of course MrSmelly and The Fragrance Apprentice.
It is getting very annoying how they are all putting the prices up to ridiculous degrees, I think due to the bump the industry from covid lockdowns and tiktok. I have my favourite niche houses but there are several who, I am not at all convinced, are using any better ingredients than designer. For example Xerjoff Dama Bianca, which sells for $400 AUD for 100ml, smells IDENTICAL to the 90s body spray Impulse Vanilla, which used to cost $5. No one can convince me that Dama Bianca is costly to make. The mark up in perfume is just as absurd as the mark up on designer hand bags. ( i.e $57 Dior bags being sold for $4000)
People have to refuse to buy this crap. They'll sell you 100ml for a million if you buy it.
Simply Truth.
I like that you said, who are those guys to be so good with the women, the youtubers. Its a true statement. Any one of us could be better, especially if we do our own thing and become who we were really supposed to become instead of copying a youtuber.
On the "s3x scam" topic, it's true, fragrances won't make any woman want you, BUT, here's why I think it's a thing to invest in: if a girl finds you interesting in some way, smelling amazing (in case he likes your fragrance) really helps to make it something more special AND maybe gives her something to comment on and start a conversation.
As a woman I'll let you in on a secret. If a girl likes you enough, she'll love how you smell, no matter what you're wearing. She will always remember that fragrance and associate it with you. It's all about you. The perfume is just a background.
He nailed it, fragance reviewers are hard to find these days, what we have instead are influencers who are pretty much selling you what others are paying them to promote, and you can't really trust the honesty of a person trying to sell you something
The fragrances i make are with the highest quality oils and absolutea on the market. Orris is $534 an oz so if you can imagine, i will not be giving them away. Currently dilute at 20% averaging 3.13 a ml
Hi, an offtopic request. Anyone knows the name of the classical music from the end? just can not find it. Thanks!
Enjoyed this one.
The extra watch content was very interesting too. Love the Omega I think you bagged a good one there.
Keep up the good work.
LOL let me talk about scams but first here is my fragrance at 120 bucks! My wife works in the beauty industry and most fragrances are made for a couple of bucks. So one can say that a no name person selling his fragrance is scamming for 120 bucks. SMH
Designer brands ingredient quality vs price is worse than niche. Contrary to what you said, niche fragrances often do use more rare and expensive naturals than designers.
Agree , Guerlain is quality .
Yes!
Thanks for this one Dan.
Thanks very much to you too!
I take what youtube channels say with a grain of salt... I used to blind buy and then stopped doing that. I always sample now, I wear what I like, and I try to get a few that my wife likes - she's very picky.
Blah blah blah, don’t buy from other niche brands, blah blah blah, but make sure you buy our brand! What a load of tosh!
I like dupe companies of perfumes.
They are like robin hood of perfume world.
Snatching from rich and giving to poors😏
They hold up a bottle and only used 2 mils? Try 2 sprays. It's something I've noticed in all these videos. My signature cologne has been discontinued and I've been looking into what's new, what's out there, and primarily what's common so I don't smell like everyone else. My smell is still coming back after having COVID 2.5 years ago so I have to get an idea of what some stuff smells like because I don't smell 100% accurately still. I have a fiancee so I don't really care about attracting other women with my scent. If I get compliments, cool. If I don't, whatever. I'll get laid either way. I know I've always smelled great and I'm just looking for the next go-to bottle for daily wear. I have other bottles that I might use in winter, for formal occasions, or just something that's going to be outside and smell nice in the heat. It is easy to fall into the hype and what-not. But I'm not out here buying every "must have" bottle these influencers are peddling.
Hi Mr. Smelly, firstly - I'm English, I was born in London. As a viewer of your channel and some of the other fragrance channels. Whatever, fragrance - a UA-camr says is nice. I would've thought that all the viewers would use some common sense insofar as trying before they buy a full bottle of juice. I have no idea about this note or that note - I pop down to the stores and give it a try, yes, I have a lot of fun testing out whatever fragrance it is I'm interested in. As I normally stop any ladies walking past and ask what they think of the fragrance on my skin and at times, I'd have a few ladies around me and we'd start talking about fragrances that maybe their husband or boyfriend might like. I normally go by the ladies body language if I ask her, her opinion as not every lady what's some stranger stopping them in Harrods or Selfridges or Harvey Nichols and asking what she thinks of this or that. I'm rather lucky that I was a cat in another life. So I'm mischievous and playful most of the time. And I like having a laugh. I follow a few simple rules, be perlite to everyone and look people in the eyes when you speak to them - decorum costs nothing. Now, if a guy wants to be noticed. It's very simple - he has to keep himself in some kind of shape, wear clean well fitted clothes believe in himself. If a guy was to go out with a group of his female friends. Then he'd be noticed by all the other ladies in the club. Myself - I hang out with a few different groups of ladies and I always get noticed. I hope that doesn't sound like I'm being big headed. Any man can get any lady. But he has to go about it the right way.
Designer brands buy quality ingredients in waaaaay larger quantities which saves a ton of money and allows them to charge less. Inn comparison niche brands work with way less resources and smaller batches ect
Yesss, sir ! Content actually worth consuming. How refreshing! Thank you. Not just another "buy this, link is below" video. I'm developing a tight rotation of fragrances I truly enjoy. I don't need 20+ fragrances that I haven't sprayed in a year+!! That said, I am sure that more boobs=more views.
Excellent video. Keeping it professional, it naming names. But stating straight facts. Well done!
Great video thanks Dan. Eau Sauvage cologne is my no1 this summer
Thank you!
So, in your view the fragrance price should be related to the price of their ingredients (otherwise it’s a scam). It’s like saying a Picasso is worth nothing because Pablo Picasso used cheap paint. Fragrance is art and culture, so your comments on topic (price of materials) do not make too make sense.
There’s good art that I couldn’t do to save my life and it’s worth the money for YES the paint ,time,effort that was put into it ,and then their are bad artist who do a few lines on a canvas and get paid a load of money for what my child could do 😂😂😂 so YES it does make sense
What about natural ambergris and oud? They are not cheap! Don't know about Creed now that they have been sold, but at one time, they used nothing but natural ambergris.
Lucky those ones having 120ml Creed bottles. Current versions have their days numbered.
Sometimes the art of the perfumer is worth it
Remember the " TOP TEN PANTY DROPPER FRAGRENCES WOMEN LOVE!!!!!" LMAO😂😂😂
And the guy will be a nerd.
What were they?
I’m in a dry spell here😢
Spot on.... About freakin time someone said something about these scams..... Way to go Dan... Bravo 👌👏
Anyone here have recommendations for UA-cam channels that focus on unisex/women targeted fragrances?
Great advice on this video. You made some valid points on fragrance reviewers both male and female
Thanks very much David.
It's kind like certain "modern art" paintings. Make it for $1, sell it for $100.000.000.
True !
Fragrances can be an interesting investment. You need to do your research and get it for a good deal. Sometimes you can make 50-70% profit.
You speak the most words per minute of anyone I listened to 😊
I would love someone to do a video review about the rooms where vloggers film their content because sometimes there's a total mess in the background.
I just like getting ideas for new fragrances to try. I ignore the panty dropping/girl catching bs. I have some great designer scents, but after wearing Creed, & PDM, I lose excitement in designers. Am I paying too much? Probably, but the ingredients, & quality has a different kick. Or maybe that’s me justifying the 💵 I spent on all my niche scents. 🤷♂️
Either or😂
Talking of fragrance scams, apparently the new ADG Parfum is just a rebranded Profumo.
It’s actually not smelled side by side, but they’re so similar. What’s the scam? They discontinued Profumo edp and then dropped a parfum concentration that smells similar.. who cares 🤣
Guerlain is a fantastic company, they really offer such great quality for the price.
I've heard that too. Any more such companies. I think. Chanel uses good quality ingredients too.
@@danlightened Absolutely, they offer an amazing quality and extremely well balanced. People complain about longevity, I do agree to a certain degree with that statement. I also think that fragrances in general became louder and more synthetic wheras Chanel stayed classy.
I wish Allure Homme Sport would last a bit longer though 😂
No stream today? Great video!🎉
Thank you. No stream today.
Navitus perfume is probably the biggest scam going on UA-cam
This was a really good take on some of the bullshit i see in this space!! Not proud of my past but i was raised amongst pimps and player's in the bay area and i never heard any of them mention a fragrance in regards to it helping them get women!!! I absorbed 10% of their game and the other 90% i disregarded. The 10% i kept are, impeccable hygiene!! White teeth, clean skin, nice haircut, fresh breath, fashionable but not over the top, charisma, stimulating conversation, kindness, and after you have displayed all these traits to a woman and you see that she is interested and clearly in to you!!! Kindly tell her you enjoyed talking with her and bid her a good evening and leave the building. Thats that 10% game i used from some prolific pimps and players!! Fragrance is just a small piece but to get women its going to take much more to get them and retain them.
You're right, apparently my young son has women falling all over him, but he's cute, looks after himself, goes out clean and smart (without obvious brand name clothing) and yes, he gets women asking what fragrance he's wearing. Want to know what he wears? Dior Farenheit edt, Dareej by Rasasi or Midnight Oud by Ard Al Zafaaran (cheap interlude clone). 😂
I can tell you, as a woman, we onky ask for 3 reasons... 1. As a conversation starter 2. Because we now associate it with you and we already decided we like you or 3. We love or hate the smell and want to make sure current or future partners do or don't wear it, but if we never showed interest then a fragrance isn't going to change that.
@@sharfalor4244 Yes ma'am 🙏🏽 and there is absolutely nothing wrong with clone fragrances!!! Some of them smell absolutely amazing. Keep teaching your son about proper hygiene and social skills and moral values and he is going to go far👍🏾 and wow I'm impressed with him wearing Dior fahrenheit 🤯 because I couldn't get my son to see the beauty of that fragrance LoL 🤣 May God bless you and your son and I appreciate your take on this topic 👍🏾
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After a long hard day of work smelling terrible I’ve been told by girls that they loved the way I smelled. Girls like the way a man naturally smells.
absolute majority huge channels do 10 lists of frags and every frag is "amazing, great, brings many compliments", next video bunch of the same, even the same frags. Recycling and regurgitating same vids over and over and over.
Most definitely not a reviewers
The only adjective Jeremy "very sexy" Fragrance knows is"very sexy"
Love the omega. Have the same one but automatic. Haven’t worn it in a bit since my Rolex Sub and GMT get the most wrist time
Thank you. Those Rolex models are great
I agree, a Fragrance is just an accessory and does not make who you are.
Thanks. I agree.
Very good video. I must admit i changed my mind about you. You gained my respect. Well done.
The comment about how these reviewers still have full bottles was spot on.
They say its because they have so many fragrances, but I don't believe that. I have around a hundred fragrances and they all have pretty good dents out of them. And I dont have a day time fragrance and a night time fragrance. I spray on my fragrance before work, or on my day off I do it before I go out. But these guys talk about how they have a day fragrance, a night fragrance, and after the shower fragrance, and how they respray the ones that dont last. But yet they hardly have any used out of their bottles? Strange.
they get them for free...
@@ViliamGajdos Oh I know that. But even the stuff they've had for awhile is barely used.
@TonyThompson1981 my bottles have bigger dents after the first day lol
@@Alexsignal90 Exactly. And I've never really thought about it until now, but how can they give such a detailed review to something they've barely worn? I mean if there are no dents in the liquid level of their bottles because they own too many to wear these fragrances enough to put dents in them, how can they possibly form an opinion enough to give a detailed review of the fragrance?
This is class 😂 he’s spitting facts
I just want to know if Dan got the smart meters? Apparently they aren't so smart and people are being billed ridiculous amounts on incorrect readings and if you cant pay the bill they force you onto pre payment at a higher price. Hmm, maybe thats the point but my responses are similar. I blocked my energy suppliers calls and just ignore the smart meter emails. 😂
Idont even get why they are both big industry's and make money of of playing of of people's insecurities
My favorite fragrances in the past couple years came from SweDoft and Fath. Especially Le Loden by Fath. I felt like I was smelling fantastic quality, something very original, and worth every penny spent. Mancera & Armani were the biggest disappointments. The magic of Armani Pour Homme (the og) is long gone. Quantity won over quality.
"MANCERA"doing great job.
Strong perfume with true luxury outcome with very reasonable price.😏✌️
Agree 100%
They’re well priced but it’s bloody synthetic lol
Great video Dan
Great video, I have an Omega Seamaster too
Thank you. Seamasters are great and come in so many varieties.
Let’s talk about the Patreon Scam…😂 💰
Why would we do that? Why not just let someone form a cult by constantly putting out "You can't trust anyone but me" content.
In Dan we trust!
@@voiceofreason62 Obviously you are trolling. Dan made viable recommendations and it was a good video. I do think there needs to be more accountability with Patreon, and I think it should be addressed. I am in no way throwing anyone under the proverbial bus, but I will say that every UA-cam influencer that I have ever supported through Patreon, did not provide what they said that they would for Patreon supporters.
I also take into account that these individuals have families and jobs, and so time may not afford them to keep up on these obligations. In that case, they should remove the promises and just state that the money given will be used to grow the channel through fragrances for reviewing and/or equipment upgrading. I think this would be a great live chat opportunity for Dan, and it does not have to be condemning or condensing, but just an honest look at what is really being provided with what is being brought in.
My apologies for the spelling error. I meant to type “condescending”.
Some great points here. There is a large number of decent reviews here, unfortunately they aren't popular. Most of the niche perfumes are dupes of designer ones. CH good girl the original one is the same as Psychedelic love in the base notes. And many others... Of course they can say that it's your nose or the notes are similar. But it is not only me.
Might you be aware that Jason Stratton is a huge watch conisoire and collector! He always featured looking at one of his watches in all of his films.
Believe with all the cell phones that watches are becoming more obsolete and old school, more of the status symbol so to speak.
Thank you!
As always...great vid. I thought you would've put that alexandria Hawaiian etc...
I've not watched in a while but I genuinely love these videos.
Id forgotten about the hilarious intros!
Keep up the great work 👍🏾
Thank you very nice indeed Hammer!
This review solidifies how I feel about fragrances. I own a lot of top niche fragrances, and Bleu De Chanel Parfum is better than most of them if not all! I am talking about fragrances like Reflection Man, Oud Wood, Hacivat, Grand Soir, Silver Mountain Water, and Aventus. BDC Parfum is my 💓
What I usually find cringe is the way they demonize designer scents in the fragrance community and everyone makes a Sauvage joke and say all sorts. I’m not pinning for Sauvage or Bleu in particular but I find the emphasis too insulting and while working with non fragrance collectors regular buyers, I discovered these people don’t even know these fancy big esoteric niche names or care. You could get more compliments wearing Sauvage than wearing a $500 inner niche scent or Roja Dove. If that’s what you aim for. These designer brands have tested and sampled human opinions and pheromones and know better that you who claim something named “sarcophagus Demachi ” is the best 😅 or these urinal smelling niche perfumes. I could go on and on
Really?
Big YES for the new direction ❤
Great video… 👍🏽
Can you define winning at life?
What is your 5 year plan Dan?
are you interviewing him for a job? who dafugg has a 5 year plan? we live day to day
Being happy and enjoying your life is winning. No 5 year plan needed.
Be content with your lot, and be as positive as you can at all times...... that's my seventy five year plan.
44,000 subscribers! Moving up...
Thank you!
Brutally slaying the game! Agreed, it’s noticeable as these influencers get deeper into the game they lose touch of, well, people.
I deleted them all after realising the fact that they’re wrong, deluded and out of touch, the fact was none of them had any reason to follow because they all have the personality of a used mop. That and the fact a reviewer with 200 followers can review it just as good or better using an iPhone, don’t fall for it.
Love the way you tell it how it is. With humour 😂👍. Great vids
Thanks you very much!
I know you're not here to bring down any "content creators" who talk about fragrances but the vast majority literally have no clue about how to properly describe fragrances. Come to think of it, how useful is it to take a credible recommendation about a fragrance without actually smelling it yourself? This is where we are and good editing, a pretty face and other influences, can bring you followers I guess. In the end trust 1 nose only.....YOURS!
Thank you so much. I really appreciate the support!
Well said!
Fragrance scam--my favorite KIND of scam.
Haha thanks!
I hate when reviewers keep saying everything they review is the best, their favorite, the one they are using the most. They give almost everything huge praise making you run out a blind buy. I have done this, feels like a scam. They are sellers not reviewers.
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I don’t claim to watch all the male perfume you tubers out there but I do watch a number, and I don’t find that most of the ones I watch push the “women will be all over you, if you wear this’” line. Some do go on about compliment getters, and some do say which ones their wives or girlfriends seem to prefer, but the only one I’ve seen who really seems to push the sex angle is Jeremy. I agree about your other scam points but don’t see that one quite as you do. By the way, in my (woman’s) opinion the guys whose channels I check out regularly may not be Greek gods in looks but they are pleasant enough. The only one that makes my skin crawl is Jeremy.
Thank you!
Haha Jeremy is so over the top. So as a woman who seems to know her stuff, does any perfume makes you really wanna be 'all over a man?'
I've always thought of it as an exaggeration too. Tbh, all I ever care in a perfume is that when I apply it, the occasional whiffs should keep making my day a bit more wondrous, fascinating and dreamy.
"And I can hear them complementing me on myyy fraaag
oh joyy
And I`ve been waiting for this moment
for all my liiife"
We love your content ❤
Is Noughton and Wilson niche ?
have you every bought a genuine perfume from a genuine company to find out they are selling 40ml perfume labled as 50 ml??? amazing! a luxury niche fragrance Frassai!! disgusting!
Nice watch sir
Thank you!
Damn I love how blunt you are lol hell yeah.
Thank you!
8:58 dont even answer with your voice. Alot of AI voice copying going on. If you dont know that number, dont answer. Alot of crazy people using A.I. to copy voice and use your information.
"Lure them (pause) ...not that you should Lure them" LMBO! 😂 the whole video was funny as frack and helpful too, tfs and just subscribed
Thank you so much. Just subscribed to you too
@@MrSmelly1977 aww yay! Thank you! 😊
You`re not paying for ingredients but the expertise and work the perfumer does while creating it. Perfumery is considered (in my eyes) as art and fragrance just like a painting is not a cost combination of canvas and paint used
Thank you. That’s is true and the analogy had some validity.
Scam #3 has my dying 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
But facts none the less. Fragrances can't transform you to a charismatic character or improve your game.
"I'm not saying they're lying to you" Then goes into an entire spiel about how he knows they're lying. Back biting is definitely your thing. You're shilling for cynics.
The luxury tax.
I fully agree with you. A designer like BdC edt is incredible and every bit on par with outrageously priced niche frags.
Also, niche/indie houses like Rogue (who use pretty much all naturals) put the lie to the unequivocal "need" for jacked-prices in the name of "natural ingredients".
-and the fact that Rogue flips the 🖕 to IFRA is a bonus.
Yes, my Jazeel Ghala is frikking expensive, but the naturals in this frag are truly expensive to produce and one bottle will take 20 years to get through.
...but Aventus? Oud Wood? As if.
Thank you very much Solaris
The best sex
one I hear regular from a certain UA-camr is for PDM Layton which goes:-
Layton Will get you laid My Man🤔So Will the Detour Noir Clone I bought Just get you upstairs outside😜
As for PDM as a brand my opinion is yes Great Scents but overpriced massively compared to others.another Scent being hammered to death at the moment is S Boy by Draco which by all accounts after checking its price here in the UK seems a bit Extortionate considering how many designer fragrances you could buy for the price of one bottle.
Nice Omega by the way and their Patina always tends to go a brown/Red colour so it must be the Lume they use.
As for the Scent (that to me anyway) is still the most recognisable and I still love it has to be Polo Green,Just a Scent that I still wear as it was my favourite in my teens. (Late 50’s now🙈)
Scam 1. Tell me you don't understand economy of scale without saying you don't understand economy of scale.
I have no idea what has happened to this channel but every video makes it look like it is 5 minutes away from pivoting to a Andrew Tate "lifestyle influencer" channel that will be offering how to be a real man courses for $10 a month.
Thanks for the support
@@MrSmelly1977 Awwww can't be mad at you, the way dismiss legit criticism of your content without feeling the need to address it... Well I just can't help but blush.
The sex scam one is definitely funny, my wife's favorite fragrance of mine is CDNIM. It definitely doesn't have to be anything crazy lmao
Aye, Dan.
I get the impression a LOT of them have very basic knowledge and share no love for the subject.
Didn’t know you were a Star Wars fan!
I love the first three films.
You remind me quite a bit of SerpentzA no offence by any means
Great videos, really enjoy the watch/life lession talk 👍